Corrections: The Essentials
Third Edition
Learning Objectives
- Explain the origins and purpose of probation
- Describe the advantages of probation over incarceration for some offenders
- Describe the advantages of probation over incarceration for community offenders
- Analyze the probation officer role and models of probation supervision
- Explain the purpose of graduated sanctions for technical violations of probation
- Be able to describe the benefits of engaging the community in offender rehabilitation
- Identify the various intermediate community sanctions and what they have to offer